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I was once told, “People don’t care how much you know…until they know how much you care!” If you really think about it, you can apply the concept to anything…with family, friends, coworkers, significant others, politics, the list can go on and on. When you teach your dog […]
I am at a point in my life to where I finally realize that success is the greatest revenge. I read a comment that a ignorant person left pertaining to my “Love, Loyalty, and Respect” blog and it really ticcled me pink. While that ignorant person was hating […]
The quest for criminal justice reform has been a decades long failure. It continues to fail because it remains just a political stump hot topic. Everyone wants to start “a conversation” about prison reform. The sad reality is, it never gets past the conversation. The truth is, criminal […]
Tell me why should I be healed when I’ve hurt so many others? Being oblivious to the impact your life and your decisions have on the lives and the decisions of others, makes it easy to form a pathway of destructive thinking which leads to destructive behavior. I […]
For my first blog, I would like to talk about justice vs. punishment… Do you remember the first rule you broke? Was it something simple like taking that chocolate chip cookie that your mother said “Not before dinner”. Was it wetting the bed but blaming it on spilled […]
Salutations! My name is Rapheal Mitchell. I was born on November 9th, 1982; making me a Scorpio and 35 years old. I have been incarcerated for the last 16 years. I left society in 2001;where if you had a flip phone you were really doing well. I consider […]
Song Pick: “Knock ’em Dead, Kid” by Motley Crue” Â I admit that I’m very critical against DOC, and in my opinion my criticism is well founded. But as evinced heretofore, I don’t only criticize, but also compliment. There are some (very few) positive aspects of DOC which […]
Ahhhhh, I love a vigorous debate–but without all the fallacies. Admittedly, prisoners (which includes me) are appropriately subject to different rules and policies. And there are many wrinkles to iron out in separating the wheat from the chaff in terms of gun owners. But advancing slippery slope fallacies […]
OFELIA. E Ofelia….Ofelia. Has anyone ever told you that you have a old-fashioned name? well it’s okay because I love it. As a matter of fact, I’ve never met a girl named Ofelia before….that means you are one of a kind. Ofelia I’ll continue to write you okay? […]
YES, I (AM THE LONELY BIRD-CATCHER, WHO WONDER’S IF HIS EVER GOING TO BE HEARD. SO, HEY THERE BLOGGER WORLD, “WHATS GOOD?” THIS IS MICHEL. “MICHEAL WHO?” MICHAEL JACKSON IN A BOTTLE. I KNOW THAT MY NAME MAY CATCH MANY OF U GUYS EYES AND MIGHT SPARK THE […]
I’ve taken some time to gather a variety of prison quotes/verses. If you know of any other ones regarding prison, I’d love for you to please share with everyone in the comments below. Thanks! I look forward to reading more. * * * Please Share More In […]
In the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC), we have what you call Extended Family Visits (EFV’s). DOC 590.100. Prisoners who qualify for EFV’s are allowed to spend 1 to 2 days in an “on grounds” trailer visit with his immediate family members. In order to maintain his […]
I have listened too and watched how our community has been targeted by children in school with guns and knives, due to the misuse of weapons and it is a shame that the gun laws and that the government sits by and twittle thier fingers in think that […]
I know that for the most part a lot of us that is incarcerated lose credibility for making decisions, about things in prison, as well as in freedom, but, it is nice every now and again to be counted for because we do still have the compacity to […]
The title of this blog, ‘The New Love’, isn’t really new at all. Actually, the love I’m talking about I’ve had for a long time. I just never recognized it. It is the love of creating. When a creation is made, it is new; hince, the nex love. […]
I am a African American male,28 years of age.Will be 29years old next month on the second of April.At the age of 17years old,I was locked up for the (First and Last)time of my life EVER!!!On October 10th-2006.As I have came a very long way towards finding respect […]
I wanna start by saying thank you for reading this message. That’s exactly what it is. This is a message, a call to all men, to step up and be the leaders and teachers that true manhood demands them to be. A whole generation of men to be […]
To whomever has taken of time, (man’s most precious commodity) and given it to one with little other to reciprocate,Thank you. Huey P.Newton once wrote to the effect of this,there are two types of suicide:Reactionary and Revolutionary. He went on to explain the two types;Reactionary,when oppression becomes so […]
I recall in vivid detail exactly where I was at and exactly what I was doing when I learned what had happened that fateful day. My supervisor and I happened to be sitting in the office trailer that the electrical company I worked for had stationed in the […]
its a whole nother world in, same temptatons, same drama but still different envirment! ypu wpuld thonk being in prison you wouldnt be faced withh your weakness as much, if drugs was your weakness or downfall but too be real your faced eith it prolly more! not oonly […]
Long over due changes ,ie. movement of one over zealous officer, have finally came to Lee Arrendale ,thank you Warden Benton for taking action…. friends and family were held to Officer Bush’s changing moods and subject to changing rules and standard for mail ….nothing was consistent but changed […]
why is it after all this time do I still get that biting earge to get high.its not a daily thing, it comes from no where and hits me like a truck.I could be sitting here watching Ellen then the next thing I know I’m thinking and dope.then […]
If you have someone you love, someone you want to be with? Then don’t be afraid to fight for them. Don’t let you’re pride, you’re ego, OR YOU’RE FEAR!!! Keep you from not only fighting for it, and trying for it. If you love her, tell her often. […]
I recently sent the following email to WCI prison officials: Please be advised that I received disposition from Ms. Hill to a grievance I filed. That disposition asserts that WCI does not recognize the legal existence of the Army of the 12 Monkeys unincorporated association. Interesting. Not sure […]
In my life I’ve expierienced joy, but I’ve also expierienced pain; For me to finally get to true sunshine, I had tofirst make it through the rain. Don’t give up when times get hard, cause tomorrow is another day; Just keep the faith and believe in yourself, don’t […]
This is for you Sacramento!!!!! A menace to Democracy and Liberty has arisen in Twenty First Century America. The acceptance of unfettered Police powers, mass incarceration and our government’s diminishing reguard for personal civil liberties, due process, equal protection and Freedom. The rights guaranteed to the individual citizen […]
One of the most glorious seasons is spring. The outdoors are filled with wonder: The cacophony of birds screaming at one another, all of the animal kingdom is in rape mode, the air is striking pandemonium on the sinuses, and the winter flesh is sagging and beaming in […]
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